They should do this for anyone who is wrongfully accused or wrongfully convicted. After all, it's a bit morally defective to suggest that it's ok to imprison innocent people and not compensate them for the harms they endured as a result of a mistake on the state's part.

I'm glad to see that this time, the government actually stepped up and said "we made a mistake, we should pay for it."

federal prosecutor required to compensate her, the state had to do it. what incentive does this give to the USA to not bring questionable charges, if they don't suffer any personal harm from doing so?

also, whoever decided the tax issue is an idiot. if the compensation she received would have been taxable to her, had it been paid directly, paying it to another party, on her behalf, makes it no less taxable. she has constructive receipt.